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lài

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lài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lài | lai4
English translation
to depend on, to rely on; to bilk, to deny; poor

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About lài

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

lài

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

money

Etymology of lài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

束負

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Shù

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Bèi represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of lài .

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Words with lài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
依赖 yīlài to depend on依賴
Lài bad lài
不赖 bù lài good不賴
信赖 xìnlài to trust信賴
无赖 wúlài hoodlum無賴
赖斯 Lài sī Rice (name)賴斯
赖床 lài chuáng to have a lie-in賴床
有赖于 yǒu lài yú to rely on有賴於
耍赖 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly耍賴
赖昌星 Lài Chāng xīng Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008賴昌星
抵赖 dǐ lài to disavow抵賴
达赖喇嘛 Dá lài Lǎ ma Dalai Lama達賴喇嘛
赖以 lài yǐ to rely on賴以
赖安 Lài ān Ryan (name)賴安
赖账 lài zhàng to renege on a debt賴賬
百无聊赖 bǎi wú liáo lài bored stiff百無聊賴
赖皮 lài pí shameless賴皮
赖氨酸 lài ān suān lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid賴氨酸
达赖 Dá lài the Dalai Lama達賴
赖特 Lài tè Wright (name)賴特
老赖 lǎo lài (coll.) debt dodger老賴

lài Decomposition & Compounds

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